Prague / Wilnis, 1 November 2013. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience together with the R.C. Spiritual Centre De Boskant cordially invite to a panel debate “Roots of Totalitarianism” which will be held before the opening of the travelling…
“European History – National Memory?” – podium discussion in Berlin, 30 October 2013
Prague/Berlin 31 October 2013. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience together with the Academy of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial staged a public podium discussion “European History – National Memory?” in Berlin on 30 October 2013 at the…
Platform`s reader starts tour of schools in the Czech Republic with star actor Ondřej Vetchý
Prague, 14 October 2013. The Platform of European Memory and Conscience together with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung published the Czech language version of the reader “Lest We Forget. Memory of Totalitarianism in Europe” in September 2013, with an endorsement from the Ministry…
Platform`s travelling exhibition and reader presented at European Remembrance Day for Victims of Totalitarianism in Vilnius
The Lithuanian Presidency of the EU Council held a ceremony on the occasion of 23 August, the European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes, in the presence of Ministers of Justice of the EU in Vilnius. On…
Platform condemns Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes being taken over by former Communists
Göteborg / Prague, 15 August 2013. On behalf of the Platform, President Göran Lindblad sent an open letter to the Council of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague. “It is unacceptable to appoint former Communists to…
Die Vergangenheit hält Gericht – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 7 August 2013
(“The past stages a trial“) How do the East-European states handle the crimes of the Communist dictatorship? In the court cases against Czech border soldiers, the past lives on. This important article describes several brutal crimes / murders committed by…
Auf dunkle Weise mit sich selbst im Reinen – Die Welt, 22 June 2013
(“In a murky way, at peace with one`s conscience“) The farther in the past the crimes lie, the more stubborn the perpetrators` silence. A conference on the elucidation of political crimes The article summarises the main ideas spoken at an…
Pour ne pas oublier. Mémoire du totalitarisme en Europe
RÉCITS BIOGRAPHIQUES À L`USAGE DES LYCÉENS D`EUROPE édité par Gillian Purves Une collection illustrée de 30 remarquables histoires de vie des personnes victimes du totalitarisme provenant de 16 pays d`Europe, contenant des photographies et des reproductions de documents. Contributions de…
Damit wir nicht vergessen. Erinnerung an den Totalitarismus in Europa
EIN LESEBUCH FÜR SCHÜLER HÖHERER KLASSEN ÜBERALL IN EUROPA editiert von Gillian Purves Eine illustrierte Sammlung von 30 bemerkenswerten Lebensgeschichten aus 16 Ländern Europas von Menschen, welche vom Totalitarismus betroffen wurden, begleitet von Fotografien und Reproduktionen von Dokumenten. Beiträge von…